Biography

Maragos earned his B.S. from the University of North Dakota in 1968. His professional experience includes working as a stock broker and ticket agent for Amtrak. Maragos served in Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1978.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Maragos served on the following committees:

Scorecards

Legislative scorecards are used to evaluate elected public officials based on voting record. Some scorecards are created by political advocacy groups with a focus on specific issues, while others are developed by newspapers and are broad in scope. Scorecards are meant to be used as a tool for voters to have a quick picture of whether their views align with a particular legislator's record.

Because scorecards can be specific to particular issues or general to a state’s legislative term, for example, each report should be considered on its own merits. Each entity that publishes these reports uses different methodologies and definitions for the terms used.

NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[9]
Maragos received a score of 49.40% on policy legislation and voted against 4.30% of state spending. Maragos was ranked 46th on policy and 46th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[10]

Personal

Maragos and his wife, Sherry, currently reside in Minot, North Dakota.[1]